Re: [PATCH] builtin-mailinfo.c: Trim only first pair of square brackets in subject

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 29, 2009, 21:26 UTC
Message-ID: <m3ljnawx3h.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <1246310220-16909-1-git-send-email-rleigh@debian.org>

Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org> writes:

> Use a regular expression to match text after "Re:" or any text in the
> first pair of square brackets such as "[PATCH n/m]".  This replaces
> the complex hairy string munging with a simple single  pattern match.

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> +	/* Strip off 'Re:' and/or the first text in square brackets, such as
> +	   '[PATCH]' at the start of the mail Subject. */
> +	status = regcomp(&regex,
> +			 "^([Rr]e:)?([^]]*\\[[^]]+\\])(.*)$",
> +			 REG_EXTENDED);

Sidenote: it probably didn't worked before either, but there are some
broken mail readers in the wold (*cough* MS Outlook *cough*), that
misinterpret RFCs and use translated form of "Re:" e.g. "Odp:" (Polish),
or not strip "Re:" when replying resulting in string of "Re: Re: Re: ...",
or use capitalized form of "Re:", i.e. "RE:", or use yet another form 
e.g. compact form of repeated "Re: Re: Re: ..." in form of "Re(3):".

But I guess it didn't worked before either.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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